Real Career Paths: Banking to BDM, Code to Consulting

A live storytelling meetup for professionals in Auckland who want to change lanes — without starting from zero.

## About This Meetup

Everyone talks about "career pivots" like they happen overnight. They don't. This meetup brings together two professionals who made very different leaps — one from frontline banking into BDM for non-bank lending, the other from coding into consulting — to walk you through exactly how they did it and what it takes to break into their industries.

## Speakers

🎤 Fang Yuan — From ASB Bank to Business Development in Non-Bank Lending
12 years at ASB Bank as a Business Relationship Manager, then a move into BDM for non-bank lending. Fang shares the skills that carried over and the ones she had to build from scratch. Ideal for anyone in banking/finance considering a move into BDM or lending. LinkedIn

🎤 Roy Sun — Software Engineer Across Gentrack, Kiwiplan, and Tenzing (KPMG Consulting)

Roy talks candidly about his career as a software engineer, working across Gentrack, Kiwiplan, and Tenzing (KPMG Consulting) — the moves he made, the roles that built on each other, and how he navigated consulting vs. product-company environments along the way.

## Format

6:00 Doors/networking 6:15 Fang Yuan → 6:40 Roy Sun → 7:05 Combined Q&A → 7:15–7:30 Networking/drinks